Sometimes there is a clear path we march along, our heads held high, our goal in sight. But more often we are led down the abstract way where the twists and turns are so jagged that we can't see our way forward. We keep moving along because we have no choice…that is what life asks of us.

As we take each step our journey is fueled by the hope that the answers we seek are up ahead…just around the bend of the abstract way.

Chapter 60-Rodin, Le Baiser

Le Baiser translates to the kiss? I gaze at a bronze casting of Rodin's famous couple whose lips are about to meet. "Ed, you really know how to set up a scene," I say to myself. I look up at the bronze, where the young couple are wound together ready for a passionate embrace, and I smile.

Of course this is where Edward and I will meet…it's absolutely perfect.

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WORK OF ART REVIEW BY CULLENBOYZ

Summary: Brilliant artist Edward is celebrated in the art world, but are trappings of fame also destroying him? In the lust filled world of art-whores & predators, feisty Bella knocks him off his pedestal. Will he realize that she alone has the power to heal him?

Enter Bella, who works for Carlisle in his gallery, where she meets Edward. This Bella is confident, but reserved and guarded. Not impressed by the art whores, but girl, please. He’s RomeWard, and he’s a brilliant artist. Catnip. Some fucking hot UST ensues, and when the ST is resolved, look out.

Could be any hot, lemony fic, you say. We all love our favorites, so what’s so special about this one? Read on, my sisters.

Work of Art is written with a kind of vivid realism, beautiful descriptiveness, and powerful emotion that makes it read like a treasured novel. Bella is strong and focused, Edward is intense and painfully flawed, you get some crazy good Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rose, Esme, Carlisle, JAMES (ew)...

At 60 chapters, WoA is a juggernaut, yet the author paces the story in such a way that it remains fresh and exciting, pulling at our emotions as she alternately leaves us devastated in one chapter, then hopeful and eager for more in the next. I think we’ve all read fics that lose their edge shortly after Edward and Bella finally (ahem) get it on. Not so here, my friends. Partly, this can be attributed to the complexity of their relationship, which continues to evolve in unexpected ways throughout the story. Partly, it can be attributed to the fact that Abstractway knows how to write some crazy hot, emotionally charged lemons, and her imagination seems to know no bounds. Her mother would be appalled, I’m sure. ;-)

Finally, Abstractway sets WoA in the art world with an authenticity born of her own experience there, lending the story a sense of depth and richness that is rare to find. The only other fic I’ve read that can compare to WoA for pure authenticity and beauty of writing is UoEM. The characters, plot and setting have nothing in common, but the sweeping scope, breathtaking settings, authentic voice, and extensive, often painful character development are present in each story.

Oh - and here's what Rose Arcadia had to say: http://tinyurl.com/4e4hmut Cuz she's much more interesting than I am, and she made a kick-ass blinkie. :)

W of A-FanFic, Authors & Personality Shout-outs for People & Writing that Have Inspired Me

This doesn't include the complete list of all the FF stories and people I have loved, but does include the ones I was able to work into the story as shoutouts

Chapter 1-Wide Awake by AngstGoddess

hapter 2-High Anxiety by EdwardsBloodType

Chapter 2-writer Ms.Kathy

Chapter 3-Master of the Universerse by SnowqueensIcedragon

Chapter 3-writer SnowqueensIcedragon

Chapter 3-twitter personality Jittzpattzing

Chapter 3-The Unaccompanied Soul by JMCullen09

Chapter 4-The Blessing and the Curse by The Black Arrow

Chapter 5-The Office by tby789

Chapter 5-Robsten appearance

hapter 6-twitter personality Delaneyg84

Chapter 6-Blogger RoseSee

Chapter 6-Clipped Wings & Inked Armor by HunterHunting

Chapter 7-E Online's Ted C

Chapter 7-Beyond Twilight by Oliviamk1281

Chapter 7-Retail Therapy by Cosmogirl7481

Chapter 8-A Betting Man by mybluesky

Chapter 9-twitter personality CalliopeBlabs

Chapter 11-The Misapprehension of Bella Swan by HunterHunting

Chaptre 12-Univ. of Edward Masen by SebastienRobichaud

Chapter 13-my terrific beta Twilightzoner

Chapter 13-fanfic supporter Squallogal

Chapter 13-Icy's Bunker Babes

Chapter 13-writer tby789

Chapter 13-How to Save a Life by Unholy.obsession

Chapter 13-writer LolaShoes

Chapter 14-ShinySilverVolvo my wonderful pre-reader

Chapter 15-Edward Wallbanger by feathersmmmm

Chapter 16-The Rain Season by elusivetwilight

Chapter 17-Incubus Anomaly by elusivetwilight

Chapter 18-The Naked Guy Upstairs by AngryBadgerGirl

Chapter 19- Guardian by ChampagneAnyone

Chapter 19-Tropic of Virgo by In.a.blue.bathrobe

Chapter 21-Love in My Box by cosmoandmarvar

Chapter 26-Bel Ami for RP

Chapter 27-Art School Confidential by farkle

Chapter 27-The Red Line by WinndSinger

Chapter 39-reader Michael S.

Chapter 40-Coffemate for designer deluxe Rose Arcadia

Chapter 41-my wonderful pre-reader Carmen

Chapter 43-Oceanic by Rochelle Allison

Chapter 44-Bonne Foi by Amethyst Jackson

Chapter 50-he Plan by QuantumFizzx

Chapter 53-Our Lives Unbound by theladyingrey42

Chapter 55-Puddle Jumping by 107YearOldVirgin

Chapter 56-A Quiet Fire by Magnolia822

Chapter 58-True Love Way by TeamBella23

Epilogue-My Viking by SheViking

Followers

THANK YOUS

Thank you to everyone that recommended Work of Art or retweeted the updates. I am still getting new readers thanks to your kind words.

There are so many wonderful support sites for Twilight Fan Fic-I so appreciate the people that work so hard for the readers on behalf of the writers.

Thank you so much to my beta TwilightZoner who has been with me from the beginning. Love and thanks to my fic wife Azu and lovely CallsignC30, my fantastic prereaders.

I adore RoseArcadia for making my beautiful blinkie. Big hugs to Readergoof for my banner and Squarepancake for her wonderful blinkie too.

Cullensboyz will forever be my girl crush for the heartfelt and wonderful review she wrote for Work of Art. WoA was nominated for many awards but she is one that really made me feel like a winner.

Finally thank you to my readers...without you I may of dreamt up and started Work of Art, but I never would have finished it. You inspired me more than I can say and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

xoxoxoabbie

UNSPOKEN TRUTHS Introduction by Bella Swan

An artist can make love to a canvas with abandon but be revealed as a fickle lover in the harsh light of review. These rogues, mock Cezannes and faux Miros, move from canvas to canvas, searching and never finding. But in today's bloodied battlefield of art school graduates and trendsetting graffiti-bound urban warriors, our young soldier stands alone.

He paints from hidden places, bowed in reverence to the emotional silence and solitude of his studio-a searing contrast to the deafening noise and visual assault of his alternate universe-the outside world. He lingers his brushes in dark places edged with light where a sonic boom of vermillion becomes a whisper, an assault of chartreuse becomes an embrace. Fame, his seductive mistress, shadows and taunts him as he continues to paint his way down the jagged path.

Masen the artist, always brings his lovers home. His passion is ground into the pigment and deftly applied, layer upon layer, the final result the freeing of the secret you have always held locked in your heart…a work of art so heady and deep that if you fall into it, you will never stop your descent.

These are the unspoken truths of Edward Masen's work: emotion is art, and his art is emotion born of a great brilliance and veracity.